Thread: What are you working on?

I have had a few problem children that had to be put aside until they could be reasoned with. Sometimes I get in a certain mindset that the solution is this or that and plough straight .ahead. When that happens I am unable to see alternate solutions to the problem razor in hand. At that point it is important for me to try again another day. As a general rule a razor gets a certain amount of attention from me, and if it does not progress I put it aside and move on to something else. I am way too stubborn to fight with inanimate object, so the limiting my time helps resolve this for me. Hopefully it makes sense in everyone else's heads too.

People sometimes assume that because I make razors I am a good honer. I'm not. I only hone my own razors since a year or two, and I start out with good geometry. I always set the bevel before I start polishing and if I see anything I don't like, I take it back to the grinder. So by the time I get to honing, all I have to do is put a bevel on a known good razor.

If I see some of the things that you guys manage to put edges on, I can only say 'well done' because I would have given up a long time ago.

Agreed! While I have improved a lot, I still have some which are neat, yet were impossible as I tried long ago.
I still look at them from time-to-time and re-live the bad experience in my mind. Once in a while, I take one on and it seems to go well for the most part. Things I have learned from this forum usually helps conquer the beasts!
Forming a plan of attack through different eyes than those of frustration helps!

I use this solution at work all the time.

Just asking someone else for their perspective of a problem solves many of them.

Originally Posted by Redfisher

I received this "Robeson Shur Edge " recently and it had never been honed. I figured it would be an easy hone. Well I was wrong. Tried to set the bevel on a 1k Naniwa but wasn't getting anywhere. The middle of the blade on one side wasn't completely in contact with the stone. So I backed up to a 600 DMT for a while and am not quite there yet. I'm going to go to the 325 DMT since at this point I think the only solution is to remove material until it starts to even out. I have high hopes for this blade since it is New York steel but thankfully didn't pay much for it.

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Yea, do not put it on anything lower than a 1k. Very rarely is a lower grit the solution, and Diamonds can cause more issues, save for removing lots of metal, like removing large chips.

Try 2 layers of tape, ink the bevels and use a light hand.

Robeson Shur Edge’s are hollow ground thin and yours looks like most. If you apply too much pressure, (and it does not take much) you will cause the back of the bevel to become a fulcrum and lift the edge off the stone.

Look at the ink and watch your pressure. Ink will tell you if you are honing to the edge.

If you still have issues, take some more photos and post in the Honing Forum.

The Sure Edge is a fine shaver, I love the Robesons, especially the hammered tangs, have a few.

Tom, congratulations on a superb looking room. Well worth the effort you have put in!!

Went out to the lemon tree and used 8 of the things to make a double-batch of lemonade for tomorrow.
About 77 degrees F here. Got this many left!



Busted out the old 'juice-o-mat'

I hear you. I am down to my last tuna. Although there is still some smoked salmon and dried seaweed left. It is just terrible when you have to wait for next season for more.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Went out to the lemon tree and used 8 of the things to make a double-batch of lemonade for tomorrow.
About 77 degrees F here. Got this many left!



Busted out the old 'juice-o-mat'

I don't know what your planning on doing with clorox, and Pam, but I'll pass.[emoji13]

Those are just cabinet-top staples, outback!

Yeah, Shaun, I wish my lemons would be ready in the summertime, but they turn yellow about September/October.
Good thing is they keep on the tree for a long time.